IN MEMORIAM: Alice Brandofsky, 76; Worked In Family’s Oaksville Florist COOPERSTOWN – Alice M. Brandofsky, who worked in Brandofsky’s Florist, Oaksville, for several years, died peacefully on May 16, 2016, at home in Baltimore, Md., surrounded by her family, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 76. Alice Brandofsky was born on Jan. 13, 1940, in Brooklyn, to her parents, Emil Groesser and Marie Groesser née Schaeffer. At age 10, her family moved to the Cooperstown area, where…
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SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher To Retire At End Of 2016-17 Year Nancy L. Zimpher, SUNY chancellor for seven years – the longest tenure since Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., of Cooperstown in the 1980s – is stepping down next year, the New York Times is reporting. According to The Times, “Zimpher has relentlessly promoted the system, through a strategic plan called ‘The Power of SUNY,’ as an engine of economic growth and community development. “She has also sought to raise academic standards and has…
Bassett, Oneida Healthcare Announce Partnership Plans COOPERSTOWN – Oneida Healthcare and Bassett Healthcare Network today announced their intention to pursue a partnership agreement. Oneida Healthcare President and CEO Gene Morreale says the board of trustees has been considering the benefits of a partnership with a larger health system for three years, and decided on Bassett because of its experience in primary care, population health management and accountable care. Earlier this year, Bassett opened the doors on a new primary care…
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Worcester Man Arrested With Heroin, Coke, Gun Three-Time Offender Faces Life In Prison WORCESTER – Investigators with the Otsego County District Attorney’s Office partnered with the Drug Enforcement Administration to take down an alleged drug trafficker and three-time felon in the Town of Worcester. Paul James Velleca, 45, was arrested yesterday after a no-knock warrant was served following an investigation put in place by Town Supervisor Donald L. Lindberg, who reported suspicious activity at Velleca’s mobile home.…
Cooperstown Trustees Discuss Sewer Line To Water Park Site THIS WEEK’S EDITIONS AT THESE FINE ESTABLISHMENTS ENJOY CONVENIENT FREEMAN’S JOURNAL HOME DELIVERY…
County Board Vote Fails To OK Tourism Contract By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Destination Marketing of Otsego County (DMOC) found itself in the middle of the political crossfire at today’s county Board of Representatives meeting. DMOC is led by a board of volunteer directors from the hospitality industry who contracted with the county to invest part of the county’s bed-tax revenues to put “heads in beds” – i.e., tourists in hotels and motels. The first three-year contract…
CONGRESSMAN IN COOPERSTOWN Gibson In Valedictory: Government Can Work COOPERSTOWN – In what may be his final appearance before Cooperstown Rotarians while a congressman, Chris Gibson, R-19, told club club members today that, despite widely heard predictions of gloom, the federal government can and is working. Gibson, who is retiring at the end of the year, pointed out that Congress, after all the threats of shutting down government in recent years, actually agreed on a two-year budget agreement that will…